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AP.02.27 HARRAK

Chaldean Monastery of Our Lady of Seeds, quarters of the Novice, the upper level, now abandoned and the monastery's museum , Jabal Alqōš

Jabal Alqōš › Nineveh
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ܐܬܬܩܝܡwas erectedverbroot ܩܘܡ ܕܝܪܐmonasterynounroot ܕܝܪ ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܕܒܝܬof the house ofnounroot ܒܝܬ
ܩܢܘܒ̈ܝܢnovicesnoun ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܫܬܐܣܘ̈ܗܝits foundationsnounroot ܫܬܐܣ
ܒܝܨܝܦܘܬthrough the care ofnounroot ܝܨܦ ܐܒܐthe Fathernounroot ܐܒ ܫܡܘܐܝܠSamuel (Šmuel)proper-noun ܓܡܝܠ
ܪܫܐhead/Superiornounroot ܪܫ ܓܘܢܝܐgeneraladjectiveroot ܓܘܢ ܕܕܝܪ̈ܬܐof the monasteriesnounroot ܕܝܪ ܕܟܠܕܝ̈ܐof the Chaldeansnoun
ܒܝܘܡܝ̈during the days ofnounroot ܝܘܡ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܦܝܘܣPiusproper-noun :ܝ: ܦܦܐPopenoun
ܕ]ܪܗ̄[ܘ]ܡܐ. ܘܡܪܝand Mār/Saintnounroot ܡܪ ܥܡܢܘܐܝܠ‛Ammānū’ēlproper-noun
ܒ:inprepositionalso with, byroot ܒ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐCatholicosnoun ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐPatriarchnoun ܕܒܒܠof Babylonproper-noun
ܘܡܪܝand Mār/Saintnounroot ܡܪ ܝܘܚܢܢYohannan (John)proper-noun ܕܪܘܪDrureproper-noun ܐܝܙܓܕܐenvoynounroot ܐܙܓܕ
ܫܠܝܚܝܐApostolicadjectiveroot ܫܠܚ :ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ : ܐܨ݅ܚ ܠܡܪܢof our Lordnounroot ܡܪ

Hover a word for its meaning. Glosses draw on Amir Harrak’s translations and the SEDRA 3 Syriac lexicon (Beth Mardutho), used for academic purposes.

(1-5) This monastery of the novice was erected from its foundations through the care of the Abbot Šmū’ēl Jamīl, Superior General of the Chaldean monasteries, during the days of Mār Pius X, Pope (6-9) [of Ro]me, Mār ‛Ammānū’ēl II, Catholicos-Patriarch of Babylon, [and Mār Yōḥannān] Drure, [Apostolic] Envoy: [The year] 1908 of our Lord.

Context
Date 1908 AD
Language Syriac
Script Estrangela
Location Detail Quarters of the Novice, the upper level, now abandoned and the monastery’s museum.
Dimensions 0.75m x 0.55m
People & Roles
Abbots Abbot Šmū’ēl Jamīl, Superior General of the Chaldean monasteries
Bishops Mār Yōḥannān Drure, Apostolic Envoy (Latin bishop of Baghdad)
Builders Erected from its foundations
Ecclesiastical Titles Pope of Rome; Catholicos-Patriarch of Babylon; Apostolic Envoy; Superior General
Religion & Practice
Monasteries Monastery of the novice erected from its foundations; Chaldean monasteries
Material & Physical
Buildings (Administrative) Quarters of the Novice
Personal Names
Šmū’ēl Jamīl Pius X ‛Ammānū’ēl II Yōḥannān Drure
References
Harrak 2010, p.523-524; Vosté 1930, #45; Ḥaddād 1977, p. 244
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